SMI (abbreviation of Swiss Market Index and that one can translate by “Index of the Swiss market”) is a Market index market actions currently gathering the 26 principal values ( blue chips ) of the gone Suisse with dimensions with the Bourse of Zurich.

The index is calculated by the simple weighting of the floating capitalization (total capitalization - action registered) of these values divided by the divider.

It covers approximately 90% of the market cap. Four larger capitalizations of the market, Nestlé (food), Novartis (pharmacy), UBS (banks) and Hoffmann it Roche (pharmacy) weigh, alone, nearly 60% of the index (June 2007).

Components of the SMI

• Nestlé, 16.18%

• Novartis, 15.81%
• UBS AG, 13.39%
• Hoffmann it Rock, 13.27%
• Credit Suisse, 8.72%
• ABB, 5.34%
• Zurich Financial Services, 4.97%
• Swiss Re, 3.79%
• Richemont, 3.44%
• Holcim, 2.39%
• Syngenta, 2.03%
• Julius Baer, 1.39%
• Adecco, 1.05%
• Swatch " Porteur" , 0.98%
• Swiss Life, 0.97%
• Nobel Biocare, 0.92%
• SGS, 0.79%
• Swisscom, 0.78%
• Synthes, 0.76%
• Givaudan, 0.68%
• Bâloise 0.60%
• Ciba Specialty Chemicals, 0.49%
• Lonza Group, 0.48%
• Clariant, 0.40%
• Swatch " nominatif" , 0.32%